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Ready HOME OF THE YEAR
for the Best Right-Sized Shelter
2022
The road to Puerto Rico’s
Next One hurricane recovery has led
to Mi Casa Resistente, a
catastrophe-ready tiny
home with a big mission.
When Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Project Stats
Rico in September 2017, things were
a mess. Identified by the United NAME: Mi Casa Resistente (My Resilient House), San Juan,
Puerto Rico
States National Hurricane Center BUILDER: Peter David Torres, Professional Home Builders
as the deadliest Atlantic hurricane ARCHITECT/DESIGNER: Fernando Abruña, architect, Abruña
to strike the Caribbean in almost 20 & Musgrave, Architects, www.abrunaandmusgrave.com
years, Maria resulted in nearly 3,000 PHOTOGRAPHER: Fernando Abruña
deaths and $100 billion in dam-
age, obliterated the nation’s power From the Judges
grid and communications network, “An excellent example that
destroyed or damaged more than
65,000 homes, and left 10,000 sustainability and resourcefulness
people homeless—half of whom still comes from designing and building for
CREDIT: FERNANDO ABRUÑA were as of 2020. the climate with simple concepts.”
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